Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 12:56:48 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Parag Patel <parag@cgt.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: psmintr: out of sync (0080 != 0000). ARGH! Message-ID: <200007220356.MAA21138@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Jul 2000 20:04:39 MST." <29734.964235079@pinhead.parag.codegen.com> References: <29734.964235079@pinhead.parag.codegen.com>
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>I haven't seen this problem on my main box, which is SMP with 4.1-RC and >does not run moused. I haven't seen the psmintr error, but I have seen >another odd problem on my old Toshiba laptop under several versions of >4* and *does* run moused. > >The symtoms under X is the cursor slowly creeps downward and won't stay >put even when nothing is touching the little finger-force/joystick. It >behaves as if it's lost its "center" spot. I haven't figured out >when it starts doing this or what triggers it. > >The odd part is that switching to a virtual console then back to the X >console fixes whatever's wrong. Without touching the joystick. > >(Since I haven't been able to figure out what's doing it, nor figured out >a way to repeat it, I didn't report it earlier.) My Thinkpad 560E exhibits this too. As far as I know, this is a hardware glitch often seen with the stick-shaped pointing device found on many notebook computers. The stick appears to be generating the "down" signal even when it is supposed to be in the "neutral" position. This is a hardware glitch which surfaces from time to time. It cannot be corrected by software. Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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